Education Law

Stopping bullying now

October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Bullying affects children?s physical and mental health and hinders their ability to perform well in school by making them feel unsafe and insecure.

With several recent high-profiling bullying deaths, President Barack Obama created an anti-bullying public video to encourage that harassment and discrimination in all its forms end in our schools and communities.

Obama noted in the video that  young people who are feeling depressed from bullying should reach out to people they trust including parents, teachers, or “folks that you know care about you just the way you are.”

Recently, a few new resources have been developed to help with bullying prevention in schools, check them out on NSBA’s website.

Let us know what you think. How is your community combating bullying?

Full post as published by BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog on October 25, 2010 (boomark / email).